Exceptional Children articles from September 2004

Exceptional Children archives from September 2004

Monitoring early reading development in first grade: word identification fluency versus nonsense word fluency.
September 22, 2004... Curriculum-based measurement (CBM) provides teachers with reliable, valid, and efficient indicators of academic competence with which to gauge individual student standing at one point in time or to index student progress across time (Deno,...

Putting self-determination into practice.
September 22, 2004... Promoting self-determination (SD), or teaching students to take control of their life, is becoming a hallmark of providing full and complete special education services. Although SD has been defined by many different authors (e.g., Abery, 1994;...

Dictation and speech recognition technology as test accommodations.
September 22, 2004... States are required to include students with disabilities in assessment and accountability systems and to provide reasonable accommodations in those assessments whenever necessary. As states developed assessment programs for accountability in...

Academic achievement of K-12 students with emotional and behavioral disorders.
September 22, 2004... Children and adolescents with emotional and behavioral disorders (E/BD) characteristically present both behavioral and achievement problems that interfere with their schooling (Epstein, Kinder, & Bursuck, 1989; Scruggs & Mastropieri, 1986;...

What we know and need to know about the consequences of high-stakes testing for students with disabilities.
September 22, 2004... Daily reading of news headlines leaves those concerned about enhanced educational outcomes for students with disabilities confused. Are we to believe the Education Week (Walberg, 2003) headline "Accountability Helps Students at Risk" or the...

Involvement of immigrant Chinese Canadian mothers of children with disabilities.
September 22, 2004... Parent involvement has been an increasingly important topic in education. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997 reestablishes and enhances parent participation in eligibility and placement decisions. In Canada,...

Online versus traditional classroom delivery of a course in manual communication.
September 22, 2004... Sign language interpreters provide a vital communication link between individuals who can hear and individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. Nationwide sign language interpreting services are provided in a multitude of settings, including...